A Naked Pause

(My boyfriend and I are walking around the mall. We stop at a necklace kiosk. He has never had any intimate experience and has never seen a woman naked in person before.)

Me: *pointing to a gaudy chain necklace with a giant leopard pendant* “I kind of like that. I could see myself wearing it.”

Boyfriend: *laughs* “Me too.”

Me: *as we are walking away* “…wearing only that.”

Boyfriend: *stops dead in the middle of the hallway and stares forward*

Me: “Honey?” *waves hand in front of face*

Boyfriend: *grinning hugely at me* “Sorry. That was the first time I ever imagined you naked.”

Me: *laughs* “So you had to stop walking?”

Boyfriend: “Did I stop? My brain just kind of fizzled out… I couldn’t think of anything else.”

(We are now married and he still gets the same look of awe every time we do anything that involves less clothing!)